Alessandro LAVIANO, MD Curriculum Vitae
Biographical Data
Date of birth: April 2nd 1963 Place of birth: Rome, Italy Citizenship: Italian
Current position: Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Addresses
Home: via Giuseppe Avezzana 31 00195 Rome, Italy
Tel. (39) 06 3217340
Work: Department of Clinical Medicine Sapienza – University of Rome Viale dell’Università 37 00185 Rome, Italy Tel. (39) 06 49973902 Fax (39) 06 4440806 Mobile: (39) 347 0826283 e-mail: alessandro.laviano@uniroma1.it Study curriculum
1982-1988 MD, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
1989-1993 Residency in Internal Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
1994-1995 Research Fellowship in Nutrition and Metabolism, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA
1996-1999 Residency in Nephrology, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
- Regulation of eating behaviour in health and disease - Disease-associated anorexia-cachexia
- Metabolic derangements during disease, in particular cancer - Hyperphagia and obesity
- Hospital-related malnutrition
- Clinical consequences of malnutrition - Artificial nutrition
Memberships
1990-present SINPE – Società Italiana di Nutrizione Artificale e Metabolismo (formerly known as Società Italiana di Nutrizione Parenterale ed Entrale)
1992-present ESPEN – European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
1997-2011 AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science 1997-2002 New York Academy of Sciences
1999-2006 ESCI – European Society for Clinical Investigation 1999-present SIMI – Società Italiana di Medicina Interna
2002-2008 ACN – American College of Nutrition (fellow)
2005-present COLMED/09 – Collegio dei Docenti Universitari di Medicina Interna
2010-present South African Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Honorary Member
2012-oggi Magyar Mesterséges Taplalasi Tarsasag (Hungarian Society of Clinical Nutrition), Honorary Member
Professional appointments
1989-1993 Resident in Internal Medicine, III Institute of Internal Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
1994-1995 Research Fellow in Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA
1996-present Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Nutrition
1996-1999 Resident in Nephrology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
1998-2007 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
1998-present Dirigente Medico I Livello, Clinical Nutrition Unit, University Hospital “Policlinico Umberto I”, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
1999-present Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA
2000-present Member, Editorial Advisory Board Rivista Italiana di
Nutrizione Parenterale ed Enterale (now, Nutritional Therapy and Metabolism), the official journal of SINPE - Società
Italiana di Nutrizione Artificiale e Metabolismo
2000-present Abstract reviewer, European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)
2001 Member, Expert Evaluator Panel for Key Action 1 “Food, Nutrition and Health” – Stage 1 (Scientific and technological excellence; Resources, partnership and management) + Stage 2 (Community added value, contribution to Community social objectives, economic developments and S&T prospect) under Programme Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, Framework Program 5, European Commission Directorate General (Bruxelles, 23-27 April 2001 and 14-18 May 2001)
2001 Scientific Coordinator, X Congress of SINPE (Rome, 22-24 November 2001)
2002 Member, Expert Panel for the development of SINPE Guidelines on the use of Artificial Nutrition in the hospitalized patient (Chapter “Disturbances of Eating Behaviour”)
2002 Opponent, PhD Thesis, ETH – Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (Dr. Claudia von Meyenburg, “Pathway of the anorexia during bacterial infection; involvement of CD14, Toll-like receptors and serotonin”)
2003-2005 Revisore dei Conti, SINPE Executive Committee
2003 Member, Expert Evaluator for Priority 5 – Food Quality and safety (Call FP6-2002-FOOD-1), “influence of nutrition and lifestyle on healthy ageing aimed at preventing adult degenerative disease (FOOD-2002-T6)”, Framework
Programme 6, European Commission, Research Directorate General (Bruxelles, 5-9 May 2003)
2003 Consultant, Beaufour Ipsen, “Potential Therapeutic Utilities of ghrelin/melanocortin”
2004 Member, ESPEN Enteral Guidelines Approval Group, “Cardiology and Pneumology” and “Surgery and Transplantation”
2004-2006 Italian representative, ESPEN Council
2004-present Expert, CME Program, Italian Ministry of Health
2005 Consultant, PAR Pharmaceutical Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA, “Therapy of anorexia-cachexia syndrome”
2005-present Member, Editorial Board Current Nutrition and Food Science 2005-present Member, “NutritionDay Across European Hospitals” Advisory
Board
2005-present Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, Royal Numico
2006-present Member, Editorial Board BioPsychoSocial Medicine
2006-2007 Member, Education and Clinical Practice Committee of ESPEN 2006-2009 European Co-Editor, Nutrition
2007-present Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza – Sapienza University of Rome
2007-present Chairman, ESPEN LifeLongLearning Module, “Approach to Parenteral Nutrition”
2007-present Member, Editorial Board The Open Nutrition Journal
2007-present Chairman, Fresenius Kabi Advanced Nutrition Course (FRANC)
2007 Attendee Member, Amadeus-7 Panel Meeting, “The role of Clinical Nutrition in the management of patient care and improving treatment outcomes” (Chicago, June 7th, 2007) 2007-2010 Member, Ethical Review Panels for the European Commission,
Framework Program 7 (Panels: “Health 5”, “Health 16”, “Food Agriculture Technology”, “Information and Communication Technologies 2”, “Marie Curie 2-08”, “Health 1-2008”, People 3 Nov 2008”)
2007-2010 ESPEN IT Officer
2008 Member, Scientific Committee International Conference of Nutritional Oncology (Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 18-19, 2008) 2008 Member, ESPEN Parenteral Guidelines Expert Panel,
“Cardiology and Pneumology”
2008 Chairman, Fresenius-Kabi Satellite Symposium “New Horizons in Clinical Nutrition”, 30th ESPEN Congress (14 September 2008)
2008-present Member, Editorial Board Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition
and Metabolism
2008-present Member, Honorary Editorial Board International Journal of
Tryptophan Research
2009 Expert for the evaluation of call FP7-Health-2009-two-stage in “Translating Research for Human Health” – “Diabetes and Obesity”, Framework Program 7, European Commission
2009 Expert for the evaluation of call FP7-KBBE-2009-3 in Activity 2 “Fork to Farm: Food, Nutrition and Well Being”, Framework Program 7, European Commission.
2009 Associate Editor, Clinical Nutrition
2009 Member, International Scientific Committee of the 1st Mediterranean Club Congress (Tel Aviv, Israel, 19-21 May 2009)
2007 Opponent, PhD Thesis, ETH – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (Dr. Brigitte Sandra Kopf, “Neurochemical mechanisms mediating LPS-induced anorexia”)
2009 Member, Organizing Committee III Congresso Brasileiro de Nutrição Integrada (CBNI) e Ganepão 2009 (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 18-20 June 2009)
2010-2014 Chairman, Educational and Clinical Practice Committee, ESPEN
2011-present First Editor, “British Journal of Nutrition”
2012 Opponent, PhD Thesis – University of Utrecht, The
Netherlands (Dr. Jyce Faber, “Immunological perspectives on nutritional support during cancer”)
2012 Member, referee GEV-06 for the evaluation of the Research produced by Italuan Academia 2004-2010 (Agenzia Nazionale per la Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca) Grants and awards
1988-1993 5-year fellowship granted by the University “La Sapienza” of Rome as first ranking resident in Internal Medicine
1991 Travel fellowship (ECU 400) granted by SINPE to attend and present original data at the XIII Congress of ESPEN (Antwerp, 2-4 September 1991)
1993 Travel Fellowship (Lit. 7,000,000) granted by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche to perform research on experimental cancer anorexia in the USA (finanziamento #AI93.00131.04) 1994 Research grant (BFr 184,000) funded by NATO to support
collaborative studies on cancer anorexia between the Department of Clinical Medicine, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, and the Department of Surgery, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA
1994-1995 1-year research fellowship granted by The Research Foundation of State University of New York to conduct studies on experimental cancer anorexia at the Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Surgery, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA
1994 Travel fellowship (ECU 400) granted by ESPEN to attend and present original data at the XVI Congress of ESPEN (Birmingham, 30 August - 2 September 1994)
1995-1996 2-year research grant (USD 106,720) funded by the American Institute for Cancer Research to support studies on experimental cancer anorexia
1998 Travel fellowship (ECU 450) granted by ESPEN to attend and present original data at the XX Congress of ESPEN (Nice, 16-19 September 16-1998)
2005-2006 Research grant (€ 22,000) co-funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research, Programma di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (Principal Investigator on “Effects of a diet enriched with antioxidants on the anorexia-cachexia syndrome in an experimental cancer model)
2007-2008 partner, “Lifelong Learning Programme: Training of Trainers in Nutrition and Innovative Skills” (project n. LLP-LDV-TOI-07-BG-166014), European Community Leonardo da Vinci Programme (€ 23,057)
Teaching Activity
1998-present Lecturer of Clinical Nutrition and Internal Medicine, Master Programme of the University “La Sapienza”, Rome, and at Master Programmes of the University of Siena.
1999-present Lecturer of Clinical Nutrition and Internal Medicine, Residency programme in Internal Medicine, Residency programme in Nephrology, Residency programme in Nutritional Sciences, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
2000-present Lecturer of Clinical Nutrition and Internal Medicine, MD program, School of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
2002-present Lecturer of Clinical Nutrition and Internal Medicine, School for Dietitians, School for Nurses, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Prof. Laviano has regularly attended the Medical Education Meetings organized by the School of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, to enhance the efficacy of teaching and to learn innovative teaching programs.
Publications
Prof. Laviano has 140 publications in peer-reviewed and indexed journals (Pubmed, accessed August 19, 2012). Also, Prof. Laviano authored more than 50 book chapters and more than 200 abstracts presented at national and international congresses.
Lectures
Prof. Laviano has given more than 200 invited lectures at national and international events.
